Ornamenting tool



Aug. 22, R. BARQNE I ORNAMENTING TOOL Filed March l, 1933 Patentecl Aug.22, 1933 1,923,250 v otNAii/IENTING 'rooL Ralph Barone, Newark, '-N. J;

Application March 1, 1933.

5 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in ornamentingdevices, and particularly to devices which are manipulated on paintedsurfaces, While the paint is still wet, whereby to form ornamentaldesigns thereon.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice which can be easily manipulated on a painted surface, to formvarious designs, and which is capable of adjustment to producevariations in the designs.

Other objects and advantages Will be apparent from the followingdescription When taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1. is a top plan ViewV of. the tool.

. Figure 2 is a bottom plan View of the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the same. Figure 4 is a transversesectional View on the line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional View, similar to Figure 4, showingtwo sleeves on a flnge and the washer associated 'with the star-shapedmember.

Figure 6 Vis a perspective rubber sleeves.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, '10 represents ablock which may be of any desired thickness and contour, the contour ofthe one illustrated being octagonal. Carried by each of the edge facesof the' block, and extending therei'rom at a right angle to the plane ofsaid face, is a cylindrical stem or finger 12,

view of one of the a portion of the curved face of the finger beingarranged in the plane of the lower face of the block, as clearly i seenin the Sectional views, Figures 4 and 5.

Removably engaged on each of the fingers 12 is a length of rubber tubing13, the outer face of Which is shown as being longitudinally ribbed, asat 14, and theouter end of which tube is cut off 'obliquely, so that thepointed end thereof projects beyond the outer end of the finger, asshown at 15. While I have shown these rubber tubes, which are, inefiect'sleeves'as being externally ribbed, it is to be understood thattheir outer faces may be smooth,, or may have any other desired designsmolded thereon. The sleeves 13, being formed from soft rubber, theprojecting points 15 Will be flexible.

Should it be desired to produce a design of a different size, I sliponto each of the rubber sleeves 13, a rubber sleeve 16, of slightlygreater diameter than the sleeve 13, said sleeve 16 being also obliquelycut, on its outer end, as at 17, to form the flexible point 16', whichmay be serial No. 659,161

arranged to lie inwardly of the point of the sleeve 13, or outwardlytherebeyond, as desired.

If it is desired to change the design, that is the pattern thereof, Isubstitute for the pointed tubes 13, tubes which have their outer endscut o at right angles, these latter tubes being engaged directly on thefingers, or if larger onesv are used, they are engaged on the smallertubes Which engage on the fingers.

ecured to the lower face of the block 10, and centrally thereof, is aflat piece of soft rubber or other suitable material 18, the same beingshown as having the outline of an eight-pointed star. This may bevaried, in contour, to effect differences in the designs on the surfacebeing treated.

When the larger sleeves 16 are used, it is necessary to elevate thestar-shaped member 18, from the lower face of the block 10, so that itsworking face Will lie in the plane of the ;r-.A rrfrr'd oFFcs lowerportions of the surfaces of said sleeves.

Secured to the block, and extending upwardly, in arching relation to theupper face of the block, is a handle 11, which is adapted to be graspedby the user, for manipulating the device.

It will, of course, be understood that the fingers may be of differentdiameters and leng-ths, and the block may be formed with more or lessside faces than illustrated, which 1 would also affect the design.

' In the operation of the device, the operator grasps the handle 11, andplaces the device against the surface Which has been previously painted,and while the paint is still Wet, and

rotates the device on said surface, in either direction, or first in onedirection, and then in the other direction, as desired, to producevarious different design effects, in the wet paint. The designs may befurther varied by partially rotating the device, and then moving thedevice in a straight line, or a curved line, over the painted surface,as Will readily be understood. Also, by so manipulating the device as toflex the pointed ends of the rubber sleeves, further variations of thedesign may be produced.

Thus the device may be manipulated in a multitude of ways, whereby toproduce as many different designs.

The rubber sleeves may easily be removed,

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when they have become worn, and replaced by new ones, as foundnecessary.

What is claimed is:

1. An ornamenting device comprising a block having a face for operationon a surface to be ornamented, and radiating members on the block eachhaving a face in the plane of said block face.

2. An ornamenting device comprising a block, a handle on the block, aresilient surface engaging member on one face ofthe block, fingers onthe block, and resilient sleeves on said fingers,,

said sleeves having their outer ends cut off obliquely to provideflexible points.

3. An ornamenting device comprising a block

